Feast of the Holy Innocents

When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him." Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, Out of Egypt I called my son.

When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi,
he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi. Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet:

A voice was heard in Ramah,
sobbing and loud lamentation;
Rachel weeping for her children,
and she would not be consoled,
since they were no more.

The massacre of the innocents continues to this day. Let us pray not only for the end of abortion but for the end of the desire for it. One day, the world will look back in horror at the current-day massacre of children. May Christmas be the beginning of change as the world welcomes the peace of the Christ Child into our hearts, and may the Lord have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Merry Christmas!

The Holy Innocents, pray for us.

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Jesus, I trust in you!